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PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps. (arstechnica.com)

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PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.::The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 87 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Fuck Warner Bros and Sony PlayStation for this.

But it's not just them, it's an entire industry. If you pay for media and you don't get it physically in full, or the ability to download it in a DRM-free portable format, remember that you don't own it. Only do it in the knowledge that some day you will not have it anymore.

There are other options available for you. BluRays, piracy.

[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

People need to start paying creators to make stuff for the public domain and refuse to pay to access anything that everyone doesn't have access to.

I've given Wikipedia money, I'll never pay for Netflix.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Considering how much it costs to make the average movie or TV show, a Patreon isn't going to cut it. If you want a guy talking in front of a microphone with a producer and a writing team of two, sure, you can pay the creators for that. It's not something most people will want to watch in replacement of the entertainment they're used to.

[–] Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

The maths are pretty clear though, we know consumers have the money needed to pay for blockbusters and that they don't mind giving it over to view entertainment because that's where the companies get the money from - in fact we know that there is excess because a large portion goes to shareholders as profit.

Collectively we could combine community creation, open source tooling and creator funding to make things on a far larger scale than any marvel movie, I don't really think we should tbh but funding reasonable ventures, tools and resources is something we absolutely can and should be doing.

[–] Exusia@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

People were so happy MultiVersus happened, failing to realize the sheer acquisitions and monopolistic behaviour it takes to own so many IPs. How, when weaponised, it commands so many big names.

And now it's not working for people, because they're pulling the shows from PS.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If buying isn't owning, then piracy isn't stealing.

[–] flamingarms 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Mate, we've got it; we understand your position. You don't need to keep posting it.

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Lol I posted the same thing and have now seen it 5 times in this thread. Yo-Ho!